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LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS ARE POSTED AT THIS LINK. WE ARE NOW LIMITED TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANY NUMBER CAN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG VIA THE ABOVE SCREEN. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED:

As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for about 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

Please download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

I will do my best to be there live. Busy day today, grooming a cocker spaniel this afternoon, while my 5-yr-old "helps" me so please send me much metta and hopefully I still have the time to make it tonight

I will do my best to be there live. Busy day today, grooming a cocker spaniel this afternoon, while my 5-yr-old "helps" me so please send me much metta and hopefully I still have the time to make it tonight

Thank you everyone - it was marvelous to see what we can do together! Deep bows to all who sat and will sit. I apologize to our European colleagues who sit Saturday morning local time, I did not record/broadcast the hangout.....

We all sat together ... this seeing with the eyes and hearing with the ears just an extra luxury.

If this ever happens (as it will) ... just each chant at home the Heart Sutra, Verse of Atonement and Four Vows (one of our Ino can lead the way if around). Looks like that is just what you guys did this time too! We are all together.

I think the Google+ time settings were off. Last night the invite on my app informed me that the hangout would begin in 5 hours and 23 minutes. Which would have been early this morning New Jersey time.